September 2018

1948: CREATION AND CATASTROPHE Thursday, September 13, 6:30pm 1948 – Creation and Catastrophe Thursday, September 13, 6:30 pmManchester U. School of Pharmacy Through riveting personal recollections of both Palestinian and Israeli veterans, soldiers, refugees, and historians, 1948: Creation and Catastrophe uncovers memories of the establishment of Israel, the last chance to hear first-hand accounts of what took place in Haifa, Jaffa, Dayr Yasin, Acre, Jerusalem, Ramle, and Lydda from Israelis and Palestinians who personally fought in and fled from this land.. Free,…

Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist, co-founder of Electronic Intifada website, covering the Israel-Palestine conflict. He was Vice-President of the Board for the Arab-American Action Network, and is a frequent commentator on PBS, CNN, MSNBC. He is the author of, among others, The Battle for Justice in Palestine (2014). Buy your tickets now. $75 per person Click the "Pay Now" button below or mail your check to: Indiana Center for Middle East Peace PO Box 12005 Fort Wayne, IN 46862 Become an…

November 2018

US Army Major Danny Sjursen is a graduate of, strategist for, and former history instructor at West Point. He has served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has written a critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge. Free, open to the public. MAJOR DANNY SJURSEN Thursday, November 15, 6:30pm Plymouth Congregational Church

On Sunday evening, December 9, 6:30pm, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 West Berry Street, we host A Service of Solidarity in Commemoration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our keynote preacher is Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, D.C., Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, Washington DC, and active in the Palestine solidarity movement. He was the founder of Black and Latinos in Action in Chicago, and has been Vice President of Massachusetts…

Jeff Halper is a prominent Jewish-American analyst, activist, and anthropologist in Jerusalem, founder of Israel Committee Against House Demolitions. He has been arrested as part of the flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade, and with other Jewish and Palestinian activist and academics, they have created the One Bi-National Democratic State Movement. Author of War Against the People: Israel, Palestinians & Global Pacification. Michael Spath and Jeff Halper

February 2019

MAX BLUMENTHAL Israel (and the US’s) Perpetual War Against Palestinians Max Blumenthal is a celebrated Jewish-American author, journalist, commentator, and filmmaker. Fellow at the National Institute, formerly writer for The Daily Beast and Media Matters. He is the author of Goliath: Life & Loathing in Greater Israel (2013), The 51-Day War: Ruin & Resistance in Gaza (2015), and producer of a film about Christian Zionism, and his latest film, Killing Gaza (2017). Free, open to the public.

March 2019

Rumi’s Poetry, Sufi Music, and Whirling Dervishes 13 th century Persian, Jalal al-Din Rumi, is America’s best-selling poet the last decade. Founder of the “Whirling Dervishes,” his mystical poetry paints poignant, beautiful images of the unity of all Being, harmony with all creation, and; Divine Love. Our friend Ronnie Malley brings together Sufi musicians, chorus, and dervishes (dancers) for an evening of meditation, celebration, inspiration, and peace. Area peace, justice, and social service organizations will have displays of their community…